Center for Teaching and Learning - Programming - Excellence in Scholarship

Excellence in Scholarship

These programs are designed to support scholarship activities for Augsburg faculty, staff, and students. The series includes Speaking of Scholarship, the Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat, Scholarly Writing Circles, Faculty Summer Scholarship Grants, Professional Travel Grants, the Scholarship Showcase, Consulting, Zyzzogeton, and Undergraduate Student Summer Research Grants. Melissa Hensley and Colin Irvine are the CTL Fellows involved in designing this programming. URGO and McNair Scholars are major partners in many of these activities, and lead the efforts to support undergraduate research.

Speaking of Scholarship

These sessions provide an opportunity for scholars to share their work and engage in conversations about what they are doing. Sessions are scheduled from 12:00-1:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

During the fall, the presenters are:

October 4, OGC 100 – URGO Students: Grace Edgar, “'Endophytic Fungi as a Biological Control Agent for Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr) Pathogens;” Laura Essenberg, “Marketing of Colleges: Examining Race Based Patterns and Images in Recruitment Material;" and Cole Seidl
October 12, Lindell 301 – Colin Irvine, English, “Nearly a Year of Learning to Live (and Teach) in Norway: An
Embedded Generalist Goes Abroad”
October 18, Lindell 301 – McNair Students: Kayla Johnson with Matt Beckman, “The Analysis Of 3D Movement and Swimming Forces In Daphnia Magna As A Model For Neurodegenerative Disease;” Chue Lee with Shana Watters. “Using Facial Recognition to Understand Human Emotion;” and Trevor Rodriguez-Sotelo with Ben Stottrup, “Using Labview to Make a Homemade Magnetic Needle Viscometer User-Friendly”
October 26, OGC 100 – Brian Greening, “Louisianna Superdome”
November 1, OGC 100 – David Murr, Physics, “Space Junk: The Final Frontier of Environmental Issues”
November 9 , OGC 100 – Emmanuelle Wessels, Communication Studies, “Where were you when the monster
hit? Media convergence, branded security citizenship, and the trans-media phenomenon of Cloverfield”
November 15, OGC 100 – Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Biology, “From Mayo Clinic to Augsburg College: Exploring the Mechanisms of Human Lung Disease”

During the spring, the presenters are:

February 7, Lindell 301 -
February 15,OGC 100 - Nancy Steblay, Psychology, “Eyewitness Identification”
February 29,OGC 100 -
March 6, Lindell 301- Hans Wiersma, Religion, “Engaging Media and Messages in Religion” (or session before or after)
March 14,OGC 100 -
March 27, OGC 100- Laura Boisen and Maryann Syers, Social Work

If you plan to attend one of these sessions, please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu), so we have ample food and handouts.

The Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat

The third annual Scholarly Writing Retreat will be held at Dunrovin Retreat Center near Marine on St. Croix from 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 29 to 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 31. Initiated by Jessica Nathanson, the retreat gives scholars time and space to work on scholarship, undistracted by meetings, classes, or even children and family responsibilities. Some come to plan an approach to a new project to be completed over the summer; others use it as an opportunity to finish articles they have been working on during the year. The retreat will be hosted by Colin Irvin and Melissa Hensley. Those interested in participating should contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). Registrants are accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

Scholarly Writing Circles

Faculty are encouraged to form self-organizing writing circles to collaborate on grant writing or research, or to simply support one another in writing endeavors. Work culture grants are available to provide support for materials that support your work together. Use the Group and Individual Project application on the CTL website.

Faculty Summer Scholarship Grants

Two Dean’s Summer Scholarship Grants ($4000) and two Grangaard Summer Scholarship Grants ($2000) are available to support faculty summer scholarship activities. Applications should be submitted to CTL no later than March 15. For more information and to submit applications, contact Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu).

Professional Travel Grants

Professional Travel Grants are available to support travel to professional conferences and workshops for presenters (up to $1200 per year) and participants (up to $800) on a first-come, first-served basis. Additionally, two competitive grants are available for international travel (up to $2000; applications are due January 15 for travel during the next fiscal year). Submit applications for Professional Travel on the CTL website.

Scholarship Showcase

The Scholarship Showcase is a display of publications by Augsburg faculty presented at the annual Faculty Recognition Luncheon, which will be held May 3. If you have a book, article, composition, script, piece of art work, etc. that we can include in the showcase, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

Consulting

Faculty volunteers with expertise in a variety of scholarship methods are available to consult with you about your scholarly activities. Requests for consultants should be submitted to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu).

Zyzzogeton (sponsored by URGO)

Augsburg celebrates the creativity and scholarship of undergraduate students with its annual Zyzzogeton festival. The festival falls at the end of each academic year and is a culmination of achievement featuring work across divisions and departments. A "zyzzogeton" is a green leaf-hopper as well as the last word in the Webster Collegiate Dictionary, which is a fitting symbol to mark the end of the academic year.

Undergraduate Student Summer Research Grants (sponsored by URGO)

Undergraduate students are eligible for full-time ($4000) and part-time ($2000) grants for on-campus summer research. Faculty mentors receive $1000 per mentee receiving a grant. Numerous off-campus opportunities are also available to students. For more information, go to the URGO website or public folder, or contact sanowa@augsburg.edu.